Collar dampening and burnishing machine.



C. W. OURRIER & J. LEITSGHUH. COLLAR DAMPENING AND BURNISHING MACHINE. APPLICATION FILED JULY 7,1904.

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COLLAR DAMPENING AND BUBNISHING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 7,1904.

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UNITED STATES PATENT oEErcE.

CHARLES W. OURRIER AND JOSEPH LEITSCHUH. OF COLUMBUS, OHIO, ASSIGNORS TO THE FEDERAL MANUFACTURING COMPANY, OF COLUMBUS, OHIO, A CORPORATION OF OHIO.

COLLAR DAMPENING AND BURNISHING MACHINE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Jan. 12, 1909.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, CHARLES W. CURRIER and JOSEPH LEiTscHUH, citizens of the United States, residing at Columbus, in the county of Franklin and State of Ohio, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in Collar Dampening and Burnishing Machines, of which the following is a specitication.

Our invention relates to a new and useful improvement in collar dampening and burnishing machines.

The object of the invention is to provide a superior machine for expeditiously dampening the under-surface of a collar seam and slightly creasing and folding the same and at the same time smoothing all rough edges along the upper surface of the seam.

Another feature resides in the peculiar construction and arrangement of the parts whereby the collar is reduced to the proper form to be presented to the curling and shaping machine.

Finally the object of the invention is to provide a device of the character described that will be strong, durable and efficient and one in which the several parts will not be liable to get out of working order.

With the above and other objects in view, the invention consists of the novel details of construction and operation, a preferable embodiment of which is described in the specification and illustrated in the drawings, wherein Figure 1 is a top plan view of our machine tank, the tank being removed. Fig. 2 is a rear elevation of the saddle back and its component parts, the pressure and burnishing rollers being removed. Fig. 3 is an end elevation of the machine. Fig. I is a partial transverse vertical sectional view through the gearing for the rollers and its component parts and illustrating a portion of the tank in elevation. Fig. 5 is a partial transverse vertical section taken on line 00 w of Fig. 1, showing the pressure and burnishing rollers and adjacent parts in elevation. Fig. 6 is a rear elevation of the machine. Fig. 7 is a partial transverse sectional view taken on line y g of Fig. 1 looking in the direction of the arrow A and showing a portion of the burnishing roller and the pressure roller and adjacent parts in elevation, Fig. 8 is a transverse vertical section of the burnishing wheel showing a portion of the shaft and spline in elevation. Fig. 9 is a partial sectional view of the saddleback, Fig. 10 is a partial soctional view through the saddleback upon line 1010 of Fig. 12, Fig. 11 is an end elevation of said saddleback, and Fig. 12 is a plan view of the saddleback, omitting the parts carried thereby.

In the drawings the numeral 1 designates a suitable base upon which the machine is mounted. Secured to the base and near the front edge thereof by means of lugs 2 and screws 3 is a curved saddle back support 4 which is formed along its upper edge with a saddle back 5. Near one end, which we will term the entrance end, is formed in the support 4.- a reservoir 6 disposed at an angle and in which is supported parallel to the side walls thereof an angular faced dampening disk wheel 7. This wheel is supported upon a shaft 8 which projects through the rear wall of the support 4 and has keyed on its outer end a pinion 9 which meshes with a drive gear 10 keyed upon the drive shaft 11 which is supported at one end in the support 4 and at the opposite end in a bearing head 12. The bearing head 12 is supported laterally from a standard 13 which has a foot-like portion ll by which it is secured to the base 1 by means of screws 15. Upon the upper end of the standard 13 a tank 16 is supported by means of a stem 17. This tank is filled with water which is conveyed to the reservoir 6 by means of the pipe 18 in which and near the tank is located a turning plug 19 whereby the fiow of water through the pipe may be controlled. An overflow pipe 20 extends from the reservoir 6 through the end wall of the support 4. A stub shaft 21 projects forwardly from the upper end of the standard 13 and pivotally supports a pair of oppositely projecting hangers 22 and 23. The hanger carries at its outer end a bearing sleeve 2% which rotatably supports the shaft 25. The shaft 25 has fixed on its outer end a pressure roller 26 having an angular face 27 which conforms to and contacts with the angular face of the disk 7. The disk 7 is kept in a wet state by revolving through the water in the reservoir, thus as the collar is passed in between the said disk wheel and the roller 26, the under-surface of the collar seam is dampened or moistened. A coiled spring 28 is secured at one end upon a projection 29 from the sleeve 24; and at the other end upon a projection 30 from the bearing head 12, thereby yieldingly holding the roller 26 in contact with the disk wheel 7. The hanger 23 is also formed at its outer end with a bearing sleeve 31 which rotatably supports the shaft 32 carrying at its outer end the burnishing roller 33. The roller 33 is secured on the shaft 32 by means of a spline 34 (see Fig. 8) which allows said roller a longitudinal movement upon the shaft. The body of the roller is conical in form being larger at its rear end and terminating at its forward end in an annular disk 35 which is flared outwardly. The conical body portion of the roller 33 is merged into the disk 35 as shown in Fig. 8 so as to prevent a sharp angle at the point of intersection of the two parts named. The roller is so disposed that a disk 37 lies under the roller 33 near the point of intersection of the body of said roller with the disk 35-, said disk 37 preventing the roller from becoming disengaged from its shaft 32, while permitting it a limited play, whereby collars of different thicknesses and styles are accommodated. The roller 33 normally bears upon said disk 37 having an angular face and mounted upon a shaft 38 in the support 4 at such an angle as to cause its angular face to lie parallel with the conical face of the body 33. The disk 37 projects slightly above the saddle back 5 and has its outer upper edge bearing along the line of intersection between the disk 35 and conical portion of the roller The collar passing from the dampening wheel and roller first encounters the disk portion 35 of the roller 33 which forces the outstanding portion of the collar down into contact with the outer side of the saddle back 5. The collar as it moves along passes between the conical portion of roller 33 and the disk wheel 37 which presses the instanding portion of the collar slightly downward and forces the seam up into the contracted or neck portion of the roller which burnishes or smooths down all the projections or rough places along the said seam. The roller 33 may be, if desired, heated by any suitable means which will assist in the operation just described.

It is to be observed that the saddle back and its support are slightly curved and the shafts 25 and 32 disposed at an angle so as to hold the rollers 26 and 33 iii proper position over the said saddle back. The curving of the saddle back and support is necessary in order that it may conform to the gene *al curvature of the collar and thus assist in the shaping of the same. A coiled spring 39 is connected to the sleeve 31 and standard 13 in substantially the same manner as the spring 28 is connected to the sleeve 24 and bearing head 12, so as to yieldably hold the roller 33 in contact with the disk 37. v

For the purpose of elevating the rollers 26 and 33, as in some cases it might be desirable to hold the same out of contact with the disk wheel 7 and disk 27; set screws 42 may be adjusted so as to impinge the sleeves 24 and 31. The set screws 42 are supported by lugs 43 which project from the bearing boss 44. The screws 42 as shown in the drawings, are adjusted at such a height as to form stops upon which the sleeves 24 and 31 rest, allowing the rollers 26 and 33 to just contact with the disks 7 and 37, thus as the collar passes between the rollers and the disks, the rollers are moved upward raising the sleeves oti' of the screws. As the collar passes out, the parts return to their normal positions, the sleeves 24 and 31 abutting the screws, prevent a hard co taot between the rollers and the disks, thereby absorbing the jar and obviating the liab lity of the disks marring the surfaces of the rollers, which would be the tendency if the screws were notemployed. Any suitable gearing may be employed for rotating the parts, such as for instance as we have shown in the drawings. For driving the rollers we mout upon the drive shaft 11 a gear 45 which transmits motion to a train of gears 46, 47 and 48 suitably supported on the standard 13. A transmitting gear 49 rotatably mounted on the stub shaft 21 meshes at each side with pinions 50 and 51 keyed respectively upon the shafts 25 and 32 whereby motion is imparted to the rollers 26 and 33. For imparting motion to the disks 7 and 37 we key upon the drive shaft 11 in juxtaposition to the support 4 the large gear 10 having a pinion 53 disposed between its inner face and the support 4 and preferably secured thereto. The gear 10 meshes with the pinion 9 which latter is keyed to the shaft 8 while the pinion 53 transmits motion to a pair of intermeshing gears 54 and 55 mounted upon the support 4. The gear 55 meshes with the pinion 56 which is secured upon the shaft 38 which latter supports the disk wheel 37. The gears and pinions just described, are suitably formed and shaped to properly mesh and drive the various parts. Of course it is to be understood that the rollers 26 and 33 revolve in an. opposite direction to the direction of rotation of the disks 7 and 37. This is due to the gearing above described, by which the disk 7 is caused to revolve in an opposite direction to the shaft 11 by means of the gear 10 and pinion 9. The disk 37 is rotated in the same direction as the disk 7 by the pinions 53, 54, 55 and 56 (see Figs. 2

wheel 7 so that the seam thereof is impinged on its underside by the angular face of the disk 7 and on its upper side by the angular face 27 of the roller 26. The disk 7 revolving in the reservoir 6 carries up the water and danipens the under surface of the seam. The collar being fed forward passes under the roller 33 and is forced downward over the sides of the saddle back, while the disk 37 forces it up against the roller 33 and as sists in propelling it forward. The dampening of the seam readily allows the bending of the collar, while the roller 33 as above described mashes down all irregularities and roughened portions along the seam.

It is obvious that the collar seam should only be dampened to such an extent as to make it pliable, thereby permitting the roller to carry out the bending operation with greater ease and without the liability of splitting the bent portion. lVhere the roller 33 is heated, the action of the heat tends to dry the seam as the collar is bent. e wish to call attention to the fact that the collar is ironed fiat before being presented to the dampening disk 7 and the pressure roller 26. Owing to this fact and the angular disposition of the disk 7, the sharp edge of the same comes in contact with the underside of the seam, thereby only dampening the same to a slight extent along a narrow line. It is also to be noted that when folded collars are ironed flat, their seams assume various curves and when the collar is passed between the rollers and disks, means for guiding the collar so that it will be properly folded and shaped and its seam only dampened, must be provided. For accomplishing this the curved saddleback 5 was designed. The particular shape and curve of the saddle-back is of great importance, as with the assistance of the roller 33 and the disk 37, the collar is held to its course and the dampening, shaping and burnishing operation satisfactorily carried out. The ridge 36 of the saddle-back acts as a guide and establishes a line along which the seam travels.

The pipe 20 is loosely supported in the wall of the support 4, so that it may be readily turned upon its longitudinal axis for the purpose of varying the height of the water in the reservoir. It will be observed that the end of the pipe is curved and therefore by turning the pipe, the height of its discharge end is either raised or lowered and as the water in the reservoir will stand at the same level as the water in the pipe, it

will be readily seen that the water level may be varied by turning the pipe. It is. essential to have the reservoir formed in the saddle-back, for the reason that the latter in guiding and assisting in the shaping and folding of the collar controls the path of travel of the collar seam and the dampening disk and its reservoir must be so positioned as to act only on the seam. This necessi tates the provision of the reservoir in the saddle-back.

An important feature of our invention resides in the co-action between the disk wheel 7 and the annular disk head 35 of the roller 33, together with the saddle back 5. It will be observed as hereinbefore brought out, that the saddle back is slightly curved and that as the collar passes from between the roller 26 and disk wheel 7, it is engaged by the said disk head which forces a portion of it downward. This action tends to throw the collar in, which causes the seam thereof to always lie over the disk wheel 7, through which function the dampening of the collar at the proper point is assured.

Having now fully described our inven- Letters Patent is,

1. In a device of the character described, a saddle back having its edge shaped to form a guide, a burnishing roller having its periphery shaped to conform. to the edge of said saddle back and disposed directly above the same, said saddle back having a reservoir, means for supplying water thereto, a dampening wheel mounted in said reservoir and projecting beyond the edge of said saddle back, a pressure wheel mounted above said dampening wheel and a disk mounted below said burnishing roller and coacting therewith.

2. In a collar seam dampening machine, a saddle back having a guiding edge, a dampening wheel adjacent said guiding edge, a shaft, hangers loosely mounted thereon, said hangers being each formed with sleeves, shafts journaled therein, a pressure wheel carried by one of said shafts above said dampening wheel, a burnishing roller carried by the other of said shafts, and a disk mounted below said burnishing roller and coacting therewith.

CHAR-LES WV. CURRIER. JOSEPH LEITSCHUH. In the presence of A. L. PHELPS, WV. L. Monnow. 

